Dryer Operator

**Responsible for plant dryer operations and uranium recovery from an in situ uranium processing plant. This is**

**a day-time shift work position.**

**Essential functions:**

**To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.**

**Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential**

**functions.**

- **Operate a filter press and load yellowcake dryers.**

- **Monitor yellowcake dryer performance.**

- **Package yellowcake.**

- **Operate a fork lift to move drums and load trucks.**

- **Perform maintenance on the filter press and dryers as needed.**

- **Collect samples from various processes. Occasionally perform basic laboratory functions and use results**

- **in the operation of the facility.**

- **Maintain operations records and logbooks.**

- **Respond to operating alarms.**

- **Inspect operations work areas and complete inspection paperwork.**

- **Predict maintenance issues and complete minor repairs and piping adjustments as necessary.**

- **Work with other facility crews to ensure a productive and safe work environment.**

- **Understand and follow regulations and procedures.**

- **Regular attendance.**

- **Monitoring and operating a uranium recovery processing plant.**

- **Other duties as assigned.**

**The preceding examples are representative of the assignments performed by this position and are not**

**intended to be all-inclusive.**

**Education and Qualifications:**

**The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.**

- **High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience**

- **and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.**

- **Driver's license and insurable driving record.**

- **Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.**

- **Ability to write simple correspondence.**

- **Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common**

- **fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.**

- **Strong mechanical aptitude.**

- **Experience working with chemicals**

- **Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or**

- **diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized**

- **situations.**

- **Ability to maintain good working relationships with co-workers, supervisor, management, and department**

- **head staff and various agency personnel.**

- **Ability to communicate both orally and in writing with a wide range of people.**

**Safety practices and policy:**

**The employee must be knowledgeable about and follow the Company's safety policies and procedures.**

**Physical demands and work environment:**

**The physical demand and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that**

**must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.**

**Schedule: This is a day shift operating position, working 12 hours on for four days, then four days off (7:00**

**a.m. to 7:00 p.m., or as may be adjusted for shift-change handover)**

**Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be**

**mobile (walking, standing); to use hands for various tasks; to see and hear adequately to perform all**

**essential functions and maintain a safe work environment. The employee frequently is required to climb**

**or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee**

**must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds, and*

**occasionally move up to 100 pounds.**

**Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving**

**mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to routine industrial hazards which may include**

**fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; and risk of electrical shock. The employee must be**

**able to wear a full-face respirator and safety gear for extended periods in a hot environment. There is the**

**potential that the employee will be exposed to low-level radiation. The noise level in the work**

**environment is usually moderate to loud.**